Chapter 12 Delivery
Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.
A/N: So I know that this story is supposed to be light and fluffy, but I wanted to do some angst for this chapter. This chapter was originally shorter, but I decided to make it longer and not make you guys have the awful cliffhanger I was going to have you have. Instead you're getting a super long chapter!
"All right Kate, it's time to push. Now don't push until I tell you, and don't push too hard. When it is time for the last push, you're going to have to push really hard all right?" The doctor informed her and Kate nodded.
"Ok, push."
Kate pushed and screamed in anguish as she fell back against the pillow.
"You're doing great Kate." Jack assured her.
"All right it's time again Kate." The doctor said.
Kate pushed again and squeezed Jack's hand tightly. Jack winced from the pain but controlled his voice as he comforted her. She was crying from the pain now.
She gasped for air as she tried to recover, but then it was time again.
She pushed with all she had and then fell back once more.
Jack noticed the doctor's brow furrow in confusion and he wanted to ask what was wrong, but he also didn't want to worry Kate as well.
Kate had to push a few more times, and then it was time for her to push one final time.
"I can't." Kate shook her head.
"Yes you can." Jack smiled at her through his tears. He hated seeing her like this, and he hated not being able to do anything for the pain.
"No." She shook his head again.
"Kate, look at me." Jack knelt down beside her.
Kate blinked hard and turned towards him.
"You want to have a healthy baby right? You want to be able to go home, and put the baby in the nursery, and watch our baby grow up."
Kate nodded.
"You can do this Kate. It will be over real soon." Jack said reassuringly.
Kate took a deep breath and looked back at the doctor.
"Kate we're all here for you. All of your friends are outside rooting for you. You can do it." The doctor said.
Kate nodded and looked at Jack and back at the doctor. "I'm ready."
"Okay." The doctor and Jack both let out the breath they had been holding.
"Ok one.. two.. three push!"
Jack watched Kate's face become determined as she pushed with all she had. She fell back as the doctor brought the baby over to the prepared bed.
Jack knew that something was wrong. He turned away from Kate as he watched the doctor and a few nurses work with the baby.
"Jack?" Jack heard Kate say his name.
"Jack why isn't the baby crying?" Kate asked weakly, panicking, and suddenly Jack felt Kate's hand slip from his grasp. He heard the monitor beeping faster and faster and he turned around and saw that Kate had passed out.
He stood there watching as his child and his wife both stood on the brink of death. He willed himself to move, to help, to do anything, but he couldn't. He couldn't think, he couldn't breathe, and suddenly, the baby's cry pierced the room.
Jack moved into action as he started to try to revive Kate. A nurse started to force him out and a second nurse came to help.
"No! I have to be in there!" Jack yelled at them as he fought against them, but they closed the door in his face and shut the blinds.
Jack ran to the nearest receptionist area and started to yell at the nurse through his tears. "My wife is in there and she is dieing! I need to be in there with her!"
"Sir your wife will be fine. The doctors know what they are doing." A nurse said calmly.
Jack shook his head. "No."
He turned as two more doctors ran into the hallway and went into Kate's room
Jack followed them but they didn't let him in and Jack began yelling and pounding on the door. Charlie came into the hallway after going to a snack machine and spotted Jack.
"Jack what's wrong?" Charlie walked over to Jack.
Charlie gasped as Jack turned towards him and Charlie saw how horrible he looked.
"Kate.. Kate." Jack choked up.
"Oh Jack. It's.. it's gonna be all right. She'll be ok." Charlie had no idea of what to tell him.
"The baby.. Kate passed out.." Jack swallowed and closed his eyes as he counted to five and tried to regain his composure, failing terribly.
Jack couldn't handle this. He had been so ready to be a father, to share this new life with Kate. He loved her so much, and he loved their baby. There was a good chance that he was going to be a single father now, and he knew that he couldn't live without Kate in his life.
Charlie spent the next couple of minutes trying to calm Jack down, and Jack nearly passed out himself.
Finally the doctor came out and Jack held his breath. What the doctor was about to say could change Jack's life forever.
"Your wife, she's going to be ok. She's stabilized now, but she's sleeping."
Jack could hardly comprehend what the doctor was saying, but Charlie was suddenly laughing and hugging Jack.
"Did you hear that Jack? She's ok!"
Jack let out the breath he had been holding and he suddenly felt very weak.
"Whoa. Jack?" Charlie held onto Jack for Jack seemed to loose his balance for a second.
"Are you ok Jack?" the doctor asked, concerned.
"Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. And the baby?" Jack asked, blinking repeatedly, trying to regain his footing.
"You have a healthy baby girl." The doctor smiled.
"A girl." Jack smiled. "Can I see her?"
"Sure. We think it's best that you don't come in and see Kate for a while. She needs to recover, but I will bring the baby out for you." The doctor disappeared for a second to get the baby.
"Jack! You have a girl! I told you everything would be all right."
Jack looked at Charlie, swallowing hard. "Yeah. Do you realize how scared I was? I seriously thought I was going to loose her."
"I know." Charlie became serious. "I know"
The doctor came out of the room again with the baby in his arms. "Here's your daughter."
He handed her to Jack and Jack carefully took her in his arms.
"Hey." Jack whispered. "Hey. It's me, your daddy."
The baby had her eyes closed, but as soon as Jack started talking, the baby opened her eyes.
Jack smiled. The baby definitely had Kate's eyes and mouth, and she had his nose.
"I love you. I'm going to take good care of you. You know that? I'm going to protect you and you're going to have the best life you could ever wish for."
"Oh Jack. She's gorgeous." Charlie said.
Jack kissed her forehead.
"All right Jack. We're going to have to take her back now. We're going to be taking her to the baby ward in a minute. Do you have a name or do you want to wait for Kate to wake up?"
"No. I want to name her. Allison.. Allison Nicole."
"Allison Nicole Shephard. I like it." Charlie smiled.
"What do you think Kate will want to call her?" Charlie asked as he and Jack began to walk to the waiting room so Jack could tell everyone the news.
"I think she'll want to call her Nicole." Jack said.
"Yeah Nicole is very pretty."
They reached the room and everyone looked up hopefully.
Jack smiled. "We have a baby girl."
Everyone cheered and everyone got up to hug Jack and to congratulate him.
"How's Kate doin'?" Sawyer asked Jack as he shook his hand.
"She had some complications. She's sleeping, but we almost lost her."
"Really?" Sawyer's eyes widened.
"Yeah." Jack swallowed.
"So she's doing ok now?" Sawyer asked, concerned.
Jack nodded.
"You did it Jack." Sawyer smiled. "You made it."
A/N: in the next chapter we're gonna have a flashback to see how Kate and Jack got engaged. : )